http://www.james-lloyd.com Blog of James Lloyd pro geek, and IT Evangelist Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:02:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today has been so far great!. My new laptop charger has arrived for my macbook pro so i can use it instead of my Dell D620. Should note there is nothing really wrong with the Dell D620, its just not as great as the macbook, annoyingly one of those things ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/06/05/today-is-a-good-day/ In the spirit of release early release often, if have made JLBP2 v0.1 availble for download. Its the exact code im currently using on this site, so clearly works (I think). Download can be found here on the project page. http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/23/jlbp2-v01-released/ At the beginning of the week I started to create my own wordpress theme using the blueprint framework. Towards the end of this week, that theme is on its second version and has had a complete rewrite from scratch. The whole process has made me love Wordpress even more than ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/22/jlbp2-wordpress-theme-progress/ Probably worth sticking up that if you in the market for a Bugaboo Cameleon in the UK, and are getting hampered by the 8 week waiting list. You have a choice: If you feel the wait is too long then John Lewis keep hundreds in stock normally (all colours) so can get you one ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/21/get-a-bugaboo-cameleon-quick-uk/ I have been playing with the wordpress templates or sometime, and have created several from scratch, with varying levels of success. I created this one with the blueprint css framework, last one i did with 960.gs. This seems to be working much better. Currently getting irratated by Microsoft's stupid ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/16/new-wordpress-theme/ Darren found some cool new apps that you probably need in your life.  He's blogged it already so I dont have too.  Check it out http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/11/cool-new-apps/ The Escapist is a game focused tech E-zine. Erm do people say E-zine anymore? You know when you work out what your going to write then half way through you panic. Erm so The Escapist is a game focused tech magazine that I'm currently reading quite a lot. ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/05/07/the-escapist/ Currently we're in the market for a pram, one of those things for transporting small people around in. In this capacity my self and my wife shopped around and decided we would get our selves a Bugaboo Cameleon it bit pricey however it will fit quite nicely in our BMW ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/04/29/jkuk-babies247com-terrible-service/ Background A couple of days ago, I took delivery of my PS3 a wonderful piece of kit that does 99.9% of the things my xbox 360 does. The PS3 purchase was mainly so I have the ability to play Blue Ray discs and also to be able to play GT5. I ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/04/07/xbox-360-ps3-cod4-compare-and-contrast/ I have been writing an article on, how to be a lazy administrator for a while now. Its basically some lessons I learnt on how to manage your time more effectively, so that ultimately one person can look after a fairly large and complex environment. Its interesting how ... http://www.james-lloyd.com/2008/03/18/how-to-be-a-lazy-administrator/